HG Blows

1 hour ago, nathans82 said:

I have 8 MB Freedom Gundam Concept 2 for order. All are prepaid and are only $245 shipped each.

Is that humble bragging or are you offering some to fellow MW’ers?

9 hours ago, Kuma Style said:

I dunno...  I've never really had problems with this stuff and I'm not doing anything special just using the links people here and whatnot are nice enough to provide.  Regardless I hope that everyone who wants it gets it.

Also, eventually there will probably be a reissue, a special coating version, a convention exclusive version, and the eventual KO version for half the price.  A Freedom for every home.

34 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Ok. Out of desperation, I ordered one here.

https://www.rightstufanime.com/Freedom-Gundam-Concept-2-Mobile-Suit-Gundam-Seed-Metal-Build-Model-Kit

Paid upfront. Atleast, it's better than the ones out there at $300-400. Paid $282.19. They're usually a shop for anime DVDs. Let's hope they will deliver.

 

I almost bit the bullet on that, before realizing that its excluded from free shipping, and the $20+ “surcharge” was on top of tax, that’s some BS

26k yen for freedom 2.0?  I think I paid like $120 for the first one. Still tempting though

So, I received my 3P MB Freedom version 2.0 from Show Z about a week ago, but I haven't opened it due to all this corona hysteria.  Anyone else have this feel?

11 hours ago, sh9000 said:

That’s terrible.

It's weird that it's inconsistent from figure to figure.  Easy pass for me.  I wish they'd make a highly articulated Spawn

Is Maverick flying a Legioss at the end of the trailer?  Lol

I waited on the original release thinking bluefin was gonna get them, and then eventually had to pay the markup because they didn’t.  This time around I jumped on the proxy and import sites right away, then this lol.  Collecting is such a crap shoot

701XXX guys, whats the 4th digit in your orders?

Meanwhile, team 7016XX still standing by, my wallet died for this?

42 minutes ago, Corrinald said:

I still haven't heard a peep from NY. The one I bought from Loopaza showed up today though. Has a little bit of smeared tampo paint and some scuffs. More frustrating is the arm shoulder slider isnt assembled right. I couldn't figure out why the leg wouldn't seat properly in fighter mode. The L part of the slider tab is above the groove instead of below. Looks like I will have to attempt a little disassembly. I couldn't pop it into the groove and don't want to break anything.

Small issues aside and the silly 001/100 error, this is a nice looking figure.

 

Maybe you could heat the area up a little and try shoving it in?

Mines 71-something and no word.  

1 hour ago, sqidd said:

This was before my time. What are the Cliff's Notes on the 31 debacle? Thanks

You werent around for the 31A issue?  Basically all the 3rd party shops didnt have enough stock to fill orders, but somehow NY was filling theirs little by little, which spread out across a year.  Everyone on here was posting their order numbers and it was clear that NY wasn’t filling them in sequence. 

1 hour ago, HayateAltoHunter said:

Likewise with me, but my order number is in between (#700850)and i am still waiting for the notice.  

If the vf-31A debacle was any indication, orders aren’t filled in sequence.  There were people with higher order numbers filled months before mine shipped.  So all us NY orders have that going for us as well.

Got an order in on Nin Nin Games, i’ve heard mixed reviews from them.  Also I didnt know their base currency was euro and not yen, so they charged an 1100 yen exchange fee on top.  Any other bad reveals about this vendor?

12 hours ago, carlsylar said:

I love seed and seed-d, there’s a Chinese limited metal robot strike freedom coming.  Also I’d love to see legend and akatsuki space package coming too. Finally there are lots of seed series of gundams! 

What's this Strike Freedom you speak of?  Do you have a link?

Snow White already has quite a markup, collecting is getting brutal

On 6/25/2019 at 9:45 AM, Tking22 said:

Well, I went ahead and nabbed an Endgame MK85 on Jungle, about $85 shipped isn't terrible. Widow and Cap will be here Thursday, Tony by Friday or Saturday, got Hawkeye at NY, and Hulk at BBTS, which oddly enough, hasn't adjusted their insane price for Endgame Hawkeye yet, him and Hulk are both TWE but they are attempting to charge more for Hawkeye then Hulk. Go figure.

Wow, Jungle’s site has been down so long I thought they were done

Its not a scam, maybe a shitty website.  If you ever see what a clusterfrakk their convention exclusives are, you’ll understand the disorganization of bluefin firsthand

Bluefin has to be the domestic release, so expect a dec/jan shipping date

Here’s a weird thing that happened, got my shf vegetas and broly from NY, and all the clear plastic on the boxes and trays holding the figures were completely warped.  Looked like they were exposed to heat or something.  No denting on the shipper boxes whatsoever.  The trays had popped open from the inside and all the hands and heads were floating around inside the packaging.  Anyone ever encounter anything like this?

9 hours ago, kkx said:

What ebay sale? Missed it.

Are they harder to fit than the non-KO version?

It was like 13% ebay bucks or something, but yeah way harder than the authentic ver, the edge of the wing mounts are stressed from trying to force it on.

I just ended up trimming with an exacto

So i took advantage of the last ebay sale and got a hikaru and roy.  One came in the plastic tray, but the other in foam.  

All of the box missles and reaction missiles have thicker pegs that wont fit into the wing mounts though, is that common?

Bit the bullet and got a marked-up 85 on ebay.  Turns out the seller was plaza japan under the name tokyo-hobby, so theyre in on the action as well.  I feel like this stings more than paying for ny’s scalper priced dx vf-1s, considering that there was ample opportunity to get this figure

Im amazed the rx-93 sold so fast, i didnt think so many people were willing to drop 9 bills on a figure